JAZZMEIA HORNVermont Jazz CenterBrattleboroMarch 10

Jazzmeia Horn — she was born into a musical
family, and this is her real name
— has been ticketed for stardom since 2013, when she won
the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Competition. She followed up by winning the The-lonious Monk Institute compe-tition in 2015, and last year, her
debut album, “A Social Call,” hit
the Billboard Top 10 for jazz
albums. The New York Times
praised Horn’s “striking com-mand,” and the London Jazz
News called her a performer
“for whom every word, gesture,
and ornament becomes an
expression of her total conviction, and she completely comes
alive in the moment.”

8 p.m., $40, vtjazz.org

ALTANFlynn MainStageBurlingtonMarch 17

The stars align as St. Patrick’s Day, Satur-day night, and a concert byAltan converge. One ofIreland’s top traditionalgroups, Altan performswith a two-fiddle front linebacked by guitar, accor-dion, and bouzouki andsweeps across a range ofstyles from hard-drivingreels to mournful ballads.

The New York Times said
“Altan’s special strength is
the clarity and coordination of its textures,” and
Chicago Weekly praised
the group’s ability to
“seamlessly blend dazzling
instrumental prowess with
gorgeously delicate vocals.”
8 p.m., $48, flynncenter.org
ZAKIR HUSSAIN
AND RAKESH
CHAURASIA

Flynn MainStageBurlingtonMarch 19

Atrue pioneer of world music, Indiantabla player Zakir Hussainwas there at the found-ing, playing with GeorgeHarrison when the Beatleswere exploring Easternsounds. In the years since,Hussain has collaboratedwith the Grateful Dead andmany other stars in theWestern firmament, includ-ing John McLaughlin, VanMorrison, and Yo-Yo Ma.

Hussain will be joined onstage by Rakesh Chaurasia,a renowned Indian classi-cal flute player who also hasnumerous ties to Westernmusicians, such as jazz artistJoshua Redman and banjowizard Béla Fleck. This per-formance in Burlington willdisplay the virtuosity andintricate interplay of Hussainand Chaurasia, who, as theFlynn Center puts it, “forgea sound where modernityand myth intertwine.”